Pizza Hut has a futuristic new round pizza box that looks like a
spaceship.

Partnering with food startup Zume, Pizza Hut is testing the new
round box at a Phoenix location for one day only on Wednesday,
the chain announced Tuesday.

The pizza box will be available as part of a one-day event at the
Pizza Hut at 3602 E. Thomas Road, at which Pizza Hut will also be
testing a pizza with a plant-based "meat" topping called
"Incogmeato." Incogmeato is an all-new plant-based "meat" from
Kellogg-owned Morningstar Farms and will be served on a Garden
Specialty Pizza.

The round pizza box and Garden Specialty Pizza will be sold
together for $10 in store, while supplies last.

"This revolutionary round box - the result of a two year journey
- is the most innovative packaging we've rolled out to date,"
Pizza Hut's chief customer and operations officer, Nicolas
Burquier, said in a press release. "The round box was engineered
to make our products taste even better - by delivering hotter,
crispier pizzas."

The box stacks and interlocks, and it's also compostable.Courtesy of Pizza Hut

The round box uses less space and fewer materials than a
traditional square pizza box, and it is also industrially
compostable, according to the chain. Boxes stack and interlock in
order to simplify the delivery process.

"When you put pizza on a flat surface, it cools off and the
moisture is absorbed into the box. As the pizza gets cold, the
moisture is absorbed back into the pizza," Zume founder and CEO
Alex Garden told Business Insider. "So we created this box where
we have the pizza sitting on a raised cushion and air actually
circulates so it stays crispy all the time."

All proceeds from the event's sales will be donated to Arizona
Forward, a sustainability organization based in Phoenix. The
chain said that after the one-day test, it will be looking into a
wider launch of the round box.